Wikis for learning, connecting, creating & fun!

Affordances

• Kick down the classroom walls - Info pull
• Linkability
• Differentiated instruction
• Cooperative and collaborative learning
• Repositories and portfolios
• Archived record
• Authentic assessment
• Global audience - Info push

Participants become

• Explainers
• Problem solvers
• Synthesizers
• Collaborators
• Creators

• Wiki and Blog
• Source: http://snipurl.com/23cpmo
• Tool: Mindmeister

• Wikis vs. blogs - the Kennedy-Nixon Debate